If to recognize that the dog – the descendant of wolves and kept those skills which are possessed by her wild fellows her quite sufficient will be the simple shelter from wind and precipitation. It, of course, concerns those "working" breeds which are intended to bear security service. But if winters in your corner of the world rather severe, you as the careful owner, you can warm the doghouse for the loyal friend.
The materials used for warming of the doghouseIf you decided to build the dog doghouse and to warm it, it is better to use for this purpose eco-friendly natural materials, for example a tree. In this case you can even refuse additional warming – in the small doghouse even in the winter air will heat up from dog breath, and its wooden walls will be able to keep this heat, especially if the manhole in the box is covered with a special curtain. The manhole needs to be done small that the dog got through to the box on a belly.
But when plywood is used, it is possible to build the box with heater. In this quality sawdust or dry wood shaving, artificial felt or polyfoam are used. New construction tiled materials, such as penoplex and also mineral wool perfectly will be suitable for warming also.
If for an internal covering plywood is used, upholster all angular connections with a semicircular plastic shtapik to prevent its stratification from humidity.
Pay special attention that the dog apartment was not blown, there were no cracks and through gaps between connections. Make a framework under an external covering of the doghouse and enclose in it heater. As an internal covering it is possible to use plywood, an oriyentirovanno-struzhechny plate of OSB, eurolining and so forth, and here fibreboards and chipboard will not be suitable for this purpose as they do not treat eco-friendly materials.
Than still it is possible to warm the dog doghouseIf the box is already built and fast cold weather approaches, you can warm it a thermofilm like tavik, yutavik, ozospan, etc. Fix it to the surface of the box by means of the construction stapler, brackets establish in the square-cluster way with a step 15-20 centimeters. The rough party of a film has to be inside, and smooth – outside that precipitation did not linger on it and flew down down.
For warming of a floor in the doghouse it is possible to use pine, fir-tree or cedar shavings a layer not less than 10 cm thick. To a dog it will be warm, and she will get rid of fleas at the same time, the coniferous smell is not pleasant to them.
To warm the box to which it is possible to bring an electrical network you can also by means of panel or film heaters. The thin infrared panels which are heating up to 45-50os need to be fixed on self-tapping screws in the box or to mount under a covering, having removed a wire to the next socket. The thermofilm which is also working in the infrared range is mounted under an internal covering of the doghouse.